Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott was not trying to stir the pot or whip up some imaginary voting bloc; he was in fact expressing the views of most Americans - those of us who want less government intervention in our lives.

At this time in our history, there is no need for outside advisers. There has not been anyone trying to control our elections. There has not been fighting or disruption of our election process.

Bill King's essay "Country is dissatisfied with two-party system" (Page B9, Thursday) is timely and indicative of why the current election is probably the most important one ever for the U.S.

King states that about 30 percent of the country are true believers in the Democratic or Republican parties.

But about 40 percent of the American people decline to be identified with either political party.

I assume that he may be correct, but I find this amazing because never before have both of these political parties so clearly defined such diametrically opposed objectives. For example, Democrats favor: pro-choice, same-sex marriage, continued printing of money despite increasing deficits and a big secular federal government.

The Republicans oppose all of these. The voters' choice should be crystal-clear rather than 40 percent undecided.